Silver Lakes College Showcase, Surf College Showcase, November Nights

Livinthedream said:
And if you look at schools that only went to Silverlakes vs the ones that only went to Surf, I'd prefer Silverlakes with schools such as Stanford, Northwestern, West Virginia, Berkeley, and Colorado that only signed up for Silverlakes.
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I cannot comment on SilverLakes since I was not there, but Northwestern had a women's coach at a 1:00 PM Friday game at Surf, sitting around 20 feet from me holding our team pamphlet. And while I did not hand this coach a pamphlet, my daughter's coach had a conversation with the Cal coach (meaning Berkeley, though my friends who went there seem to call it Cal or California) after her 1:00 PM Saturday game.

Unless you have representatives at both events taking attendance, I would be careful making claims on who was or was not at either event based on posted lists or coach/tournament director say-so.
 
Oddly enough, the head Women's coach from Northwestern was watching a Beach Academy game on Saturday morning at Silverlakes. Could it be possible that coaches actually know how to move from one venue to another?? Hmmmm????
 
NoGoal said:
Check this out Livingthedream. I agree with Calisoccer, I would add make sure your DD emails and contacts college coaches though. I know of several players who waited until their HS Jr year to send emails to college coaches and were to late. They still committed to great D3/D2 academic schools though. Remember the 2 cliches; early bird gets the worm and squeeky door gets the oil.
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Don't forget, "A closed mouth don't get fed."
 
Dos Equis said:
I cannot comment on SilverLakes since I was not there, but Northwestern had a women's coach at a 1:00 PM Friday game at Surf, sitting around 20 feet from me holding our team pamphlet. And while I did not hand this coach a pamphlet, my daughter's coach had a conversation with the Cal coach (meaning Berkeley, though my friends who went there seem to call it Cal or California) after her 1:00 PM Saturday game.

Unless you have representatives at both events taking attendance, I would be careful making claims on who was or was not at either event based on posted lists or coach/tournament director say-so.
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Surf Cup and Surf Thanksgiving always has a wide variety of coaches and usually has YNT scouts there too. Why is this even a debate. Let people claim what they want. The proof is right here:

https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/
 
MakeAPlay said:
Don't forget, "A closed mouth don't get fed."
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This is a true story. I recall an individual who's opinion was having his DD send emails and calling college coaches was pimping out his DD. His attitude was, if they want my DD the college coaches know where to find her. By her Sr year she still didn't received any offers and ended up uncommitted. Don't let this be your DD ulittle parents.
 
At the end of the day wherever you ended up, all that matters was if your DD was happy with the coaches that showed up to watch her. It's not a competition on who had the better turn-out, it is about what coaches matter to your DD and were they there to see her play. Both showcases had good turn-outs regardless if it was 100 or 300 coaches, only a handful of them truly matter to the player because it's not all about playing soccer in college it's also about the education and some D2 and D3 schools are better academically than some D1. BTW, my DD played at Silverlake and IMO, it was a nicely run showcase. Parking was good and fields were nice even in the rain.
 
As of right now, they haven't updated and posted all the results in the November Nights webpage. To me this doesn't speak about a well run showcase.
 
sierrasracing said:
As of right now, they haven't updated and posted all the results in the November Nights webpage. To me this doesn't speak about a well run showcase.
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Thanks for the info. I have sent a message to the management. You can do the same if you like.

I never did hear how proactive your team's players were with emailing college coaches. How many did your son email? Our uncommitted players were required to email 10 college coaches and CC their club coach.
 
outside! said:
Thanks for the info. I have sent a message to the management. You can do the same if you like.

I never did hear how proactive your team's players were with emailing college coaches. How many did your son email? Our uncommitted players were required to email 10 college coaches and CC their club coach.
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I did send an email to November nights people, And some of the boys did send emails (not all); after talking a little more with other parents, one coach did show up. Perhaps they was more but I didn't see anymore and i was looking; I know that rain and playing in the bad fields help us very little; But it really was a shame because We did have a rocky year, you know having to split the team because of the age changes but after a rocky start We finally got the team together and they played their best 3 games of the season.
 
MakeAPlay said:
Surf Cup and Surf Thanksgiving always has a wide variety of coaches and usually has YNT scouts there too. Why is this even a debate. Let people claim what they want. The proof is right here:

https://sites.google.com/site/soccerrecruits/
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Don't see how that is proof of anything to do with the showcases.

Kind of cool to see that as of 11/29

Legends has 9-2017, 6-2018 and 1-2019 girls already committed. That is really good for a Girls Academy club!!!!
 
Bdobyns said:
Don't see how that is proof of anything to do with the showcases.

Kind of cool to see that as of 11/29

Legends has 9-2017, 6-2018 and 1-2019 girls already committed. That is really good for a Girls Academy club!!!!
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Brian I figured that this would go over a lot of people's head which is why I posted it. Part of the entertainment for me of this forum is seeing how people's take on things changes once reality hits and they realize they were wrong. I know many posters that were pro "Club X" and talked about how great it was and then reality hits and they aren't in the best situation. You as an educator should be able to read between the lines. However, I will explain it just for kicks and giggles. Compare Legends and Surf in terms of college commits. There is no comparison. Surf will always draw in players as they not only have a plethora of talented players but the teams play sophisticated soccer and more importantly the players do well in college. That creates repeat customers. I honestly don't care if people go where they want to go. Everyone has to live with their decisions and their consequences. I have been on these boards for a long time and seen many parents fall for the snake charmer and end up with nothing or something that is not so great. At the end of the day it is about the players which is why Legends homers try so hard to attract them. Surf doesn't have to do that. They just seem to show up on their doorsteps. There is a reason for that...
 
MakeAPlay said:
Brian I figured that this would go over a lot of people's head which is why I posted it. Part of the entertainment for me of this forum is seeing how people's take on things changes once reality hits and they realize they were wrong. I know many posters that were pro "Club X" and talked about how great it was and then reality hits and they aren't in the best situation. You as an educator should be able to read between the lines. However, I will explain it just for kicks and giggles. Compare Legends and Surf in terms of college commits. There is no comparison. Surf will always draw in players as they not only have a plethora of talented players but the teams play sophisticated soccer and more importantly the players do well in college. That creates repeat customers. I honestly don't care if people go where they want to go. Everyone has to live with their decisions and their consequences. I have been on these boards for a long time and seen many parents fall for the snake charmer and end up with nothing or something that is not so great. At the end of the day it is about the players which is why Legends homers try so hard to attract them. Surf doesn't have to do that. They just seem to show up on their doorsteps. There is a reason for that...
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MAP, be careful you might be labeled a Legends hater. LMAO!
 
How lucky we are to have two outstanding events for our children! It really doesn't matter which you think is best. Well done to both on great showcases. We have great kids, great talent, great teams, great events and still we take to the forums to complain! Well done to those who put the time and effort into these events! Couldn't care less which is best, both do a great job
 
MakeAPlay said:
Brian I figured that this would go over a lot of people's head which is why I posted it. Part of the entertainment for me of this forum is seeing how people's take on things changes once reality hits and they realize they were wrong. I know many posters that were pro "Club X" and talked about how great it was and then reality hits and they aren't in the best situation. You as an educator should be able to read between the lines. However, I will explain it just for kicks and giggles. Compare Legends and Surf in terms of college commits. There is no comparison. Surf will always draw in players as they not only have a plethora of talented players but the teams play sophisticated soccer and more importantly the players do well in college. That creates repeat customers. I honestly don't care if people go where they want to go. Everyone has to live with their decisions and their consequences. I have been on these boards for a long time and seen many parents fall for the snake charmer and end up with nothing or something that is not so great. At the end of the day it is about the players which is why Legends homers try so hard to attract them. Surf doesn't have to do that. They just seem to show up on their doorsteps. There is a reason for that...
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Well, for a long time they (Surf ) were the only game in town (fall showcase) if they didn't attract college coaches I would be worried. Now, there is additional venues to watch elite players. Coaches want to see the elite players play where ever that may be.
 
Lambchop said:
Well, for a long time they (Surf ) were the only game in town (fall showcase) if they didn't attract college coaches I would be worried. Now, there is additional venues to watch elite players. Coaches want to see the elite players play where ever that may be.
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Can you name one "Elite" player in US youth soccer who currently plays club?
 
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